How to Use inconsequential in a Sentence

inconsequential

adjective

• The more inconsequential the mood at the start, the more dead bodies at the end.
  — New York Times, 7 July 2021
• The Celtics’ first move of the day was their most inconsequential.
  — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2022
• But there is the not-inconsequential matter of the other side of the ball.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2020
• The Bucs were blown out 38-3 by the Saints, and Brown caught just three inconsequential passes.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 9 Nov. 2020
• In the grand scheme of things, an inconsequential stretch.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022
• Five of those attempts were rather inconsequential, coming with the game in hand and the Aztecs well on the opponent’s side of the field.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2021
• Whatever rain fell from the clouds was largely inconsequential around the city and to the west.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
• At times, she’s been made to feel that her work is inconsequential.
  — New York Times, 28 Aug. 2021
• As for the Raiders (6-10), their season ends this weekend, but that doesn’t mean the game is inconsequential for them.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 7 Jan. 2023
• At the same time, identify the inconsequential things that fall outside of the make-or-breaks and stop doing them.
  — Ed Rusch, Forbes, 24 May 2021
• For some, the takeaway from these new glimpses into deep space might be that Earth is small and inconsequential.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2022
• Many may seem inconsequential, but small changes add up and can have a big effect.
  — Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2021
• But that doesn’t mean a case at a child care center is inconsequential.
  — Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2020
• The Hawk defense was far from perfect with two errors in the game, but the mistakes were inconsequential.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 May 2024
• On top of the canyon’s southeastern ridge sat the tiny town of Paradise, an inconsequential detail for most of my life.
  — Tessa Love, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2019
• But Chu felt the song didn’t feel earned so early in the film and in such a relatively inconsequential scene.
  — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 June 2021
• But a promotion to the major league club seemed inconsequential at the time.
  — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
• Things that might have felt inconsequential not long ago mean a great deal today.
  — Chronicle Staff, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2021
• The full-length version of this phone call feels a little inconsequential now.
  — Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, 24 Mar. 2020
• The sweet, inconsequential Missing Link is the only one that’s not a sequel or a remake, but that might not help it much here.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 2 Jan. 2020
• The New York primaries were halted and suddenly felt inconsequential in the face of the human tragedy that engulfed the city.
  — Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 16 Sep. 2020
• Most of the movies he was assigned to review ranged from inconsequential to dismal.
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2022
• And this is perhaps the game’s greatest stumble, in that the first act can sometimes feel inconsequential.
  — Charlie Theel, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2019
• That inconsequential exchange taught me that having something to make the best of can be better than having the best.
  — Outside Online, 23 Nov. 2021
• For many games, this would be an inconsequential way to set fans' expectations of what's to come.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 2 June 2020
• But those inconsequential rabbit holes are part of what's fun about a high school story.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2023
• The film takes place almost exclusively in the same suite of rooms, like a stage farce, and the brief run time makes this a pleasant if inconsequential trifle.
  — Danny Horn, EW.com, 4 Jan. 2024
• That does not mean that the development of the economy in the U.S. is inconsequential.
  — David McHugh, Star Tribune, 11 Aug. 2020
• Even the small and seemingly inconsequential shifts in the track led to a domino effect of actions, perspectives and insight.
  — Kenda Laney, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
• While many of these variants prove to be inconsequential, every several months a new more consequential one seems to rear its spiky head.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024